The Revenger's Tragedy

New to this edition of The Revenger's Tragedy are an examination of the dark brilliance of the hero Vindice and the placement of the play in the context of contemporary debates about justifying rebellion against tyranny. New material on the play's borrowing from several Shakespeare plays is included, as well as a new source discovered in 2005. The stage/i>

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New to this edition of The Revenger's Tragedy are an examination of the dark brilliance of the hero Vindice and the placement of the play in the context of contemporary debates about justifying rebellion against tyranny. New material on the play's borrowing from several Shakespeare plays is included, as well as a new source discovered in 2005. The stage history now contains accounts of several new productions and the film version by Alex Cox.

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Thomas Middleton (1580 1627) was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. Middleton stands with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson as among the most successful and prolific of playwrights who wrote their best plays during the Jacobean period. He stands with Shakespeare as one of the few Renaissance dramatists to achieve equal success in comedy and tragedy.